Nikola Jakšić

Nikola Jakšić
Nikola Jakšić
Personal information
Born	17 January 1997 (age 27); Belgrade,; FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Position	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	VK Novi Beograd
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2013–2017	Partizan
2017–2021	Ferencvárosi
2021–present	VK Novi Beograd
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Serbia
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championships
World League
World Cup
Mediterranean Games
Summer Universiade

Nikola Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd.^[1] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall and is one of the top defenders in the world.

Honours

VK Novi Beograd

Member of the World Teamby totalwaterpolo: 2021,^[2] 2023
Sportsman of the Year of the JSD Partizan: 2015, 2016
Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016
Serbian Championship Defender of the Year: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23
Hungarian Championship Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2021–22
LEN Champions League Defender of the Year: 2020–21